Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 12, 1995Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 3:01 AM CDT for Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1995, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, ND, Richland County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4535 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 120801 RRA
SVRFAR
NDC017-077-120900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
301 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      CASS...THE CITIES OF FARGO/MOORHEAD...

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      RICHLAND...THE CITIES OF WAHPETON/BRECKENRIDGE...

AT 3AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
40 MILES WEST OF FARGO...NEAR TOWER CITY...EXTENDING TO 30 MILES
WEST OF LIDGERWOOD...OR ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

ARMSTRONG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 2:34 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFBarnes31 min
Jul 12, 2:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRansom, Sargent58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.